8 Week Fitness Program For Seniors

We are happy to share with you our 8-week Fitness Program For Seniors.

We have created a video series for you to stay fit and stay active and instruction on how to do these exercises correctly.

This video series is for ALL seniors, whether they are in Edmonton, another part of the province, somewhere in Canada, or anywhere in the world!

Please share with your friends as we all look for hope and health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Stay active. Stay healthy. Keeping active never grows old.

 

FREE DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE

Make sure to download our 20-page Supplemental Guide that shows you all the exercises AND has instructions on how to do them properly!

8 WEEK FITNESS PROGRAM CREATOR

Dr. Haidong Liang is the creator and project lead for the 8 Week Fitness Program For Seniors.  He is an exercise specialist and gerontologist who has studied and served seniors since 2002.
 
Haidong devoted all of his three degrees to Physical Activity, Recreation, and Gerontology:
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Leisure, Recreation and Gerontology – University of Alberta
  • Master of Arts in Tourism, Information Technology and Gerontology – University of Manitoba
  • Bachelor of Recreation Management & Community Development and Gerontology – University of Manitoba
Haidong was also the sessional instructor for the Physical Activity And The Aging Adult course at the University of Alberta.  “I firmly believe that the prevention of health problems and illness is more important than treatment and medicine

Testimonial received June 2021

After our gym closed, we needed an exercise program to motivate us, as we know we do not grow old and get stiff, but grow stiff and old!

 We found the Westend Seniors Activity Centre program online and available to us even though we were not members. The exercises and the color printout with actual photos were clearly geared for the older body, easy to follow, and maintained every part of our bodies. We did these exercises from March through  the summer, indoors and in our back yard. My husband was able to modify them with his physical limitations.  

In late October, we were in a very serious car accident. We credit the fact that doing these regular all encompassing  exercises had kept our bodies in shape so well, they helped prevent  the substantial injuries we may have otherwise had,  and  thankfully accounted for a better and  quicker recovery.

Recently we found that these exercises  had been put into actual videos, which are even more helpful. These YouTube  videos helped us to finetune our exercises, as they illustrate  how we were doing some things incorrectly, and also explained modifications. BRAVO!!  Thank you so much for sharing the program!

We even recommended  this exemplary  program to our instructor from  the Alberta Cancer Exercise  Study or ACE program that my husband had  taken over  Zoom.  It is a great  follow up when those exercises end.

On another note, we know folks who prefer to join the Westend Seniors rather than their local one, because your programs are so extensive.  Finally, we  do hope that your online programs continue, as we have learned how they can be such a wonderful resource when we live in a remote area like my friend in St Paul who also follows them on our recommendation,  cannot get out of our homes if we are ill, and so much easier to do when the local roads are icy.  

Westend Seniors are an amazing example of the programs that can be done and should be offered.

Thanks so much!!

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